Since I passed my 5-year mark with Heavy Blog late last year, I’ve been reflecting on my own philosophies on and experiences with music. Formally reviewing music has been a significant hobby of mine for at least a decade across multiple channels. With this being my third review of a project from Ground Patrol, it seems like a perfect opportunity to ruminate on the concept of growth, for both the…
One of the things that makes me the most proud is the bands we’ve worked with for years. That kind of relationship is second to none, affording me the opportunity to see a band grow and to be there for that growth. Out of all the bands we’ve been running…
Every year, it seems like there’s one particular death metal album released in the early months of the year that sets my quality standards for the next several months. Last year in January, Alterage’s The Approaching Roar hit me like a brick to the temple, while in 2018 Portal’s Ion…
Hello, heaviest of all bloggers! I have emerged from my den of blankets and sweatshirts in the frozen mountains to deliver riffs unto you all. It was with great effort and personal sacrifice that I did this. Everyone knows once you disturb the environment of a good blanket cocoon, all…
It’s been a while since we premiered something bizarre from the greater NYC area. Something in the water there (excellent water in NYC, don’t you know) appears to make artists want to take metal and jazz and violently smash them together. From acts like Stimpy Lockjaw through Kayo Dot and Imperial Triumphant, the theatrical, the dense, and the macabre seem to spin in a wild dance of musicality within the Five Boroughs. Kilter are another twisted step in this dance. Featuring the aforementioned Imperial Triumphant’s drummer alongside frenetic saxophones and voluminous bass, Kilter made a kind of music that can…
I don’t know about anybody else, but is there a revival of 60s prog going on or something? Maybe I’m…
Another day in 2020, another incredible black metal release. This time, we’re heading from Europe to Indonesia, where multi-instrumentalist Januaryo…
I’ll be honest, I first picked up the promo for Necrowretch’s 2017 release Satanic Slavery simply because the cover was nasty and I figured any record with that title would sound wicked as, well, hell. That record met my expectations without even a shred of variance, churning out a blackened death maelstrom that turned out to be one of the most entertaining listens I had that year. Fast forward to 2020, and these fine Frenchmen are back at it again with the slash and blast of The Ones from Hell. I snagged a copy of this bad boy about a…
It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned FacexHugger on the blog, through no fault of the project it as it…
There’s a lot happening in the music world, and we here at Heavy Blog try our very best to keep…
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material by Lamb of God, Ihsahn, August Burns Red, Sepultura, and Scary Pocket’s cover of Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek. Finally, Kerrang’s list of the top 50 greatest death metal bands right now. Then, cool people time with Amazon’s new show Hunters, the hidden brilliance of the story driven platformer Horace, Netflix’s Locke & Key adaptation, Wolcen: Lords of Shadow, and Eden’s new podcast over at Anarchy SF! Enjoy!
There are a few perennial questions that inevitably keep cropping up when you review, or even listen to a lot…
Food and kitchen analogies are pretty rife in metal journalism and I’m definitely guilty of slopping cheap comparisons onto thinly…
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommendations. Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure trove, others find themselves drawing a blank at the end of the month due to the breakneck pace needed to keep…
